Hi friends. Thanks for tuning in to another weekly edition of the Money Girl

Podcast. I'm Laura Adams. Sometimes we need professional help to accomplish our financial dreams.

Working with someone you trust can be the best way to flesh out your goals and create a solid financial plan.

In part one of this series about finding a financial advisor, I gave you an overview of three common types of advisors and how they can help you improve

your financial health. These are a certified financial planner or CFP, a registered investment

advisor or RIA and an estate planner.

Today in part two you'll learn the best places to find these advisors,

tips to research their backgrounds, and how to prepare to meet with them for the first time.

No matter if you're looking for a new financial advisor, a house cleaner or a hair stylist,

as people you know for recommendations.

There's no substitute for getting referrals from friends or family who will give you

straight information.

But what if you don't know many people? who will give you straight information.

But what if you don't know many people,

or your contacts have never used a financial advisor?

Fortunately, there are some great websites that make it easy to find an advisor.

I'm going to give you a lot of websites to reference in this podcast.

Don't worry about writing them all down.

You can find them in the show transcript on the moneygirl page at quick and dirty

tips.com. The first type of advisor that we covered in part one is a certified

financial planner or CFP. Find one in your area at CFP. net or let's make a plan

dot org. Both sites are run by the CFP board which is a nonprofit

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